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ALANA Looks at Alternative HIV/AIDS Approaches  ~

BRATTLEBORO -- In order to address recent increases in the
rates of HIV and AIDS infection in youth, women, and communi-
ties of color, the ALANA (African American, Latino, Asian, and
Native American) Community Organization of Brattleboro has de-
veloped a program called Tribal Remedies. The group has also made
efforts to empower women within those communities as rates of
infection continue to rise.

“Tribal Remedies seeks to promote culturally appropriate HIV/
AIDS prevention education and to have visibility as an HIV pre-
vention community service project in communities of color in south-
ern Vermont,” reads the group’s mission statement. As such, the
program intends to educate the ALANA community about HIV pre-
vention and the resources available for those who are or become
infected. Tribal Remedies also seeks to launch outreach efforts to
ensure that all citizens in all communities have equal access to ap-
propriate information and health care services.

Tribal Remedies is funded in part by grants fromithe Vermont
Department of Health, Division of Epidemiology, and the Ameri-
can Red Cross.

ALANA has also developed an AIDS/HIV program focused on
women’s issues, and held its first training session on Friday, No-
vember 22. The program, called “Sister to Sister/Hermana y
Hermana,” was held at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Brattleboro

and was facilitated by Regina S. Dyton, an HIV/AIDS Educatorl
Trainer for Nation Works Associates in Windsor, Connecticut. The
presentation was sponsored in part by Body and Soul Women’s
Health, Education, and Economic development program.
Dyton reviewed both known and unknown facts about the AIDS
_ pandemic and HIV prevention basics, particularly as they related to
women in communities ofcolor. She helped the group to develop its
own strategies for dealing with the disease here in rural Vermont and
for addressing cultural challenges such as language and “machismo”
traditions, which often put women at risk in order to preserve a man’s
self-image. Many of the women (and also some construction work-
ers who happened to be working nearby) learned a great deal.
ALANA Executive Director Naima Wade was immensely pleased
with the turnout, and plans to schedule follow—up trainings with Dyton
early next year. “What was wonderful was that more women signed
up for the Body and Soul project and will train to become project
leaders,” said Wade. I

ALANA seeks to advocate on behalf of its communities with I

various local, state, and regional agencies regarding health care, edu-
cation, business, the arts, government, and human services. For more
information about these and other upcoming ALANA programs, con-
tact Marisol at (802) 254-2972 or write to ALANA at 8 Williston
Street, Brattleboro VT 05301. V

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